journal citation impact and rejection rate

[Stevan Harnad]

On Sun, 28 Jan 2001, Rousseau Ronald wrote:

> Lowell Hargens' article "Scholarly consensus and journal rejection rates"
> published in the American Sociological Review, 1988, vol.53, 139-151 contains
> the only list of rejection rates I know of. Obtaining the corresponding impact
> factors and calculating the correlation is probably not so difficult to do.
>
> Hargens' article is followed by a comment by Stephen and Jonathan Cole, and
> Gary Simon. This in turn is followed by a reply by Lowell Hargens.
>
> Success!
>
> Ronald Rousseau

Many thanks!

Has anyone actually done the calculations?

Stevan Harnad


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> > Could anyone point me to published or unpublished data on the
> > correlation between journal citation impact factor and submission
> > rejection rate?
> >
> > Many thanks
> >
> > Stevan Harnad
> > Cognitive Science
> > Southampton University
> >
>